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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Dolphin Hotel before it was a hotel?
(a) Ovine Hall.
(b) A public clinic.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A public library.

2. What vehicle is sent to pick up the cat?
(a) An animal transport bus.
(b) A dilapidated taxicab.
(c) The Boss's Limo.
(d) The Strange Man's sleek black sedan.

3. Whom does the Main Character discover at the unlucky bend in the road?
(a) The Girlfriend.
(b) The Sheep.
(c) The Sheep Man.
(d) The Strange Man.

4. Where does the man begin his part of the search for the sheep?
(a) The postcard section at the bookstore.
(b) Local sheep ranches.
(c) The Ovine Theater.
(d) Travel and tourism places.

5. How do the Girlfriend and the Main Character feel about the Limo Driver?
(a) They think he is hiding something.
(b) They are ambivalent towards him.
(c) They like him.
(d) They dislike him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend eat after arriving at the station in Chapter 24?

2. Whose suicide is revealed in Part 8?

3. What does the Sheep Professor tell Main Character and the Girlfriend that the sheep plans to do?

4. How many head of sheep does the livestock inspector say are in the town of Junitaki?

5. What strategy do the Girlfriend and the Main Character come up with for hunting the sheep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.

2. How does the Limo Driver feel about the cat?

3. Describe the Dolphin Hotel.

4. Is the Cat or the Main Character more at home in the world? Please fully support your answer.

5. Explain how the Sheep Professor came to his current state of being.

6. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

7. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?

8. How does the Main Character react to the Girlfriend's sudden disappearance?

9. What indicates that the Main Character's journey to Junitaki may be a hazardous one?

10. Is the Sheep Man a part of the physical or the spiritual world?

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